Title: | "Exposure of pregnant women to cookstove-related household air pollution in urban and periurban Trujillo, Peru" |
Author(s): | St Helen G; Aguilar-Villalobos M; Adetona O; Cassidy B; Bayer CW; Hendry R; Hall DB; Naeher LP; |
Address: | "a Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health , The University of Georgia , Athens , Georgia , USA" |
Journal Title: | Arch Environ Occup Health |
DOI: | 10.1080/19338244.2013.807761 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 2154-4700 (Electronic) 1933-8244 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Although evidence suggests associations between maternal exposure to air pollution and adverse birth outcomes, pregnant women's exposure to household air pollution in developing countries is understudied. Personal exposures of pregnant women (N = 100) in Trujillo, Peru, to air pollutants and their indoor concentrations were measured. The effects of stove-use-related characteristics and ambient air pollution on exposure were determined using mixed-effects models. Significant differences in 48-hour kitchen concentrations of particulate matter (PM2.5), carbon monoxide (CO), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations were observed across fuel types (p < 0.05). Geometric mean PM2.5 concentrations where 112 mug/m(3) (confidence limits [CLs]: 52, 242 mug/m(3)) and 42 mug/m(3) (21, 82 mug/m(3)) in homes where wood and gas were used, respectively. PM2.5 exposure was at levels that recent exposure-response analyses suggest may not result in substantial reduction in health risks even in homes where cleaner burning gas stoves were used" |
Keywords: | "Adult Air Pollutants/*analysis Air Pollution, Indoor/*analysis Carbon Monoxide/analysis Cooking/*methods Environmental Monitoring Family Characteristics Female Humans *Maternal Exposure Nitrogen Dioxide/analysis Particulate Matter/*analysis Peru Pregnancy;" |
Notes: | "MedlineSt Helen, Gideon Aguilar-Villalobos, Manuel Adetona, Olorunfemi Cassidy, Brandon Bayer, Charlene W Hendry, Robert Hall, Daniel B Naeher, Luke P eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2013/11/13 Arch Environ Occup Health. 2015; 70(1):10-8. doi: 10.1080/19338244.2013.807761" |